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Shadowborn is a single player role playing game with a fantasy theme. It received positive reviews from players.

Arcade RPG with dark fantasy, fast missions, and epic, replayable battles.

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83%Audience ScoreBased on 300 reviews
graphics52 positive mentions
stability2 negative mentions

  • Engaging Diablo-like gameplay with smooth and appealing graphics.
  • Offline play with no disruptive ads, providing a solid RPG experience on mobile.
  • Challenging and rewarding combat, exploration, and puzzles with well-designed maps.
  • Excessive reliance on premium currency (gems/diamonds) for essential items like potions, portal scrolls, and inventory expansions, causing pay-to-win or pay-to-play dynamics.
  • Controls have issues including joystick glitches, over-sensitive or inaccurate aiming, and characters getting stuck frequently.
  • Limited progression due to short game length, content gaps, lack of enemy respawns, and unfinished chapters resulting in endgame stagnation.
  • graphics

    63 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    83% positive mentions, 12% neutral mentions, 5% negative mentions

    The game is widely praised for its smooth, beautiful, and detailed graphics that many users find comparable to high-quality PC titles like Diablo. The art style, animations, and visual effects are consistently described as impressive and immersive, enhancing the overall gameplay experience. While some note minor issues with controls or camera angles, the graphics remain a standout feature praised for elevating the game's appeal.

    • “Beautiful graphics with superb attention to detail.”
    • “Graphics, animation, and controls are absolutely amazing for a mobile game.”
    • “This is one of the smoothest, fun, and beautifully made immersive RPG games; the graphics may even be better than PoE and Diablo.”
    • “Gameplay graphics isn't good.”
    • “Nice game, very good graphic, story line is not good.”
    • “Doesn’t annoy with ads and decent graphics.”
  • story

    58 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    41% positive mentions, 54% neutral mentions, 5% negative mentions

    The story is generally well-received, praised for its immersive world, engaging plot, and smooth progression, though some players find it brief and awaiting further updates for continuation. While the narrative is appreciated for its fantasy elements and secrets, the pacing and difficulty spikes can be inconsistent, and certain bugs or mission limitations occasionally hinder the experience. Overall, players value the story’s quality and look forward to new chapters and expansions.

    • “The story is beautiful, the fights are fantastic, but the difficulty is strange—sometimes extremely difficult, sometimes extremely easy.”
    • “Playthrough of the game and the storyline are fantastic, very souls-esk.”
    • “One of the best games in the genre, it fits perfect for me; no online rushes of daily tasks, no energy based, no pay to win, just pure game with interesting storyline and fighting style.”
    • “The next phase is still under development so the storyline pauses, as there is no further available progression.”
    • “You have to pay if you want to get anything you need from the in-game store because you can't earn the diamonds you need to purchase anything. Not to mention how main mission items that you need and find while playing randomly get deleted if you die and do not ever respawn, so you get stuck and can't progress any further unless you start a new character and have to play all the way back to where you got stuck with another character.”
    • “Nice game, very good graphic, story line is not good.”
  • gameplay

    54 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    65% positive mentions, 29% neutral mentions, 6% negative mentions

    The gameplay is generally praised for its smooth mechanics, engaging combat, and enjoyable exploration, drawing positive comparisons to Diablo-style games. However, some users note issues with control responsiveness, limited skill/customization impact, and a desire for improved features like UI customization and invulnerability during certain attacks. While the core gameplay is fun and accessible, many hope for more content and refinements to enhance replayability and combat depth.

    • “Smooth and uninterrupted gameplay, exactly the type of game I've been looking for.”
    • “*** - - - long-story-short: •no ads •no bugs •hours of story gameplay •traditional top-down •character selection •grid-style inventory •skill tree •replayability •achievements/secrets •minimal premium purchases •battle pass missions - - - props to the developer, very well-done!”
    • “I'll be honest, I didn't expect much at first but I'm loving the game, the mechanics are fluid, and it's very fun to play.”
    • “Meaning, gameplay either ends or you can replay the same map until they launch more content.”
    • “One of the main issues is the controls don't sync well with the overall mechanics.”
    • “It's a pretty good game, but the combat mechanics have a lot of room for improvement. For example, when attacking an enemy, the direction of attack is not fixed (like shift lock), and the character should be invulnerable while using certain skills like whirlwind. Also, it's unclear when the enemy is attacking.”
  • monetization

    49 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    49% positive mentions, 18% neutral mentions, 33% negative mentions

    The game features no advertisements and offers a mostly fair monetization model with optional in-app purchases that are not necessary for progression, though some users find the abundance of microtransactions somewhat intrusive. Many appreciate the absence of pay-to-win mechanics and the focus on gameplay, but a few are concerned about potential challenges if relying too much on purchasable items. Overall, the monetization is considered reasonable and unobtrusive, enhancing the free-to-play experience.

    • “What you get in in-app purchases is totally worth it!”
    • “There are in-app purchases available but not needed to get nice items that do the job just fine.”
    • “Yeah some offers, some microtransactions for easier progress, some skins, but you don't really need them to progress; nice combat, very cool weapons, skills and mechanics, quests, secrets, puzzles, cool NPC dialogues.”
    • “Enjoyable, yet ruined by the incomprehensible amount of microtransactions.”
    • “This has the potential to be such a great game, but that potential is entirely destroyed by the suffocating amount of microtransactions one must be subjected to.”
    • “The cash grab for life is horrendous for a Diablo remake for someone who is not familiar with Diablo.”
  • music

    8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    75% positive mentions, 12% neutral mentions, 13% negative mentions

    The music in the game is widely praised for being atmospheric, immersive, and well-suited to the gameplay, enhancing the overall experience. While most users appreciate the soundtrack, a few note minor issues such as inability to mute certain tracks. Overall, the music is considered a strong and enjoyable aspect of the game.

    • “The music is amazing and very atmospheric.”
    • “I absolutely love this game; love the graphics, the art style, the combat mode, and the ambient music—chef's kiss.”
    • “It's a great game; everything about this game is good—graphics, music, fighting, and game mechanics are top quality.”
    • “The music in the pirate arena could not be turned off and it's really annoying.”
  • atmosphere

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game's atmosphere is highly praised, with standout music that enhances the immersive experience. While the story is concise and engaging, some players note minor control issues, but overall, the atmospheric elements are considered brilliant and impactful.

    • “The music is amazing and very atmospheric.”
    • “A great atmospheric game, love how short and concise the story is.”
    • “Don't have the sound on often but when I do, it's atmospheric and brilliant.”
  • stability

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game offers a deep and immersive experience with smooth mechanics and impressive graphics, though some users report bugs such as joystick issues, problematic hitboxes, and inconsistent functionality of certain features. Overall, stability is generally good but could benefit from minor fixes.

    • “This game is so in-depth but there's also something lacking like armor, the golds, and stuff. Overall, it's a pretty deep game. I've been at it for 7 days and I'm still not done. There's so much to do, so many secrets, and I love how connected the game feels. However, it has some bugs like the joystick running by itself, the unstuck button doesn't make you invulnerable, and the hitboxes are buggy.”
  • emotional

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The emotional aspect is somewhat impacted by frustration due to control issues during combat, specifically with the warrior class's leaping attack automatically moving straight and preventing joystick control. This hinders player immersion and satisfaction.

  • grinding

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 100% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game is noted for having minimal grinding and does not feel pay-to-win, providing a fair progression experience.

  • replayability

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 100% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game's replayability is enhanced by features like character selection, skill trees, achievements, and secrets, providing hours of engaging story gameplay without ads or bugs. The traditional top-down design and minimal premium purchases further contribute to a satisfying and repeatable experience.

  • humor

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The humor in the game is appreciated for delivering funny moments, though some gameplay elements like hit boxes may detract slightly from the overall comedic experience.

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Shadowborn is a role playing game with fantasy theme. Common tags for Shadowborn include free to play, immersive and stylized.

Shadowborn is available on Phone, Tablet, Android and Mobile Platform.

Shadowborn was developed by Viva Games Studios.

Shadowborn has received positive reviews from players. Most players liked Shadowborn for its graphics but disliked it for its stability.

Shadowborn is a single player game.

Similar games include Arcane Quest Legends Offline, Darkrise - Pixel Action RPG, AnimA ARPG (Action RPG), Rogue Hearts, Exiled Kingdoms RPG and others.